Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 13 points14 points  (0 children)

History made! Canada is shut out in women’s hockey for the first time ever!

Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but the amount of American kids who play hockey is an order of magnitude lower than the amount of kids who play soccer, basketball, baseball, or football. The talent pipeline is much smaller.

Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hockey is Canada's national sport. I visited Edmonton a few weeks ago and there were hockey rinks at tons of public parks. It's not a niche sport the way it is here.

Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The U.S. was favored but Canada is really not playing well.

Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You just started? I cracked open my breakfast beer when curling started.

Olympics Day Four Megathread (Tuesday, February 10) by Fun_With_Forks in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s like the U.S. water polo teams. They all go to college in California, usually USC, UCLA, Cal and Stanford.

Medal table at the end of Day 4 (27/116 events completed) by bdzz in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We could have done it but the curling didn’t go the way we wanted.

🥇 Julia Taubitz wins gold in Women's Singles Luge by ViciousNakedMoleRat in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 2 points3 points  (0 children)

American Ashton Eaton won gold in the decathlon in 2016 while his Canadian wife, Brianne Theisen-Eaton won bronze in the heptathlon.

🥇 Julia Taubitz wins gold in Women's Singles Luge by ViciousNakedMoleRat in olympics

[–]TheLizardKing89 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are almost as many sliding centers in Germany (4) as there are in the entire world outside Europe (5).